“Falling in the Direction of Up” by Kurt Luchs Are birds jealous of angelsbecause they can fly in realms beyond the physical?Are angels jealous of birdsbecause they can fly without having to carry God?Humans are jealous of both, I think,the angels we can’t see and can’t even begin to prove Read more…
THE LIL’ CLOUD FACTORY by Pablo Piñero Stillmann OK, so they were right: it’s not financially viable. We put an ad in the local paper, but no one has any interest in purchasing our Franco-Austrian cloud machines. Abby writes a titan of industry reminding him that clouds have cool names Read more…
“Hunger Strike” by Ashley Roach-Freiman What kind of violator are you?The world is a ridiculously human place that wounds forever. I want to be hungry ‘til I die. Can you find me a good kisser? Can you help me with this socket wrench? I want to be hungry forever.We will Read more…
“For K” by Darren Donate The great lone Spanish words, like a Castilian ship come into full view when the air is still. Words in their casual proximityembody life when you are fixing the coffee,raking the leaves, picking your noseand they laugh and you say “te amo.” “Te amo.” sometimes Read more…
“Tallulah You Are Not Mine” by Carrie Chappell “In my time I’ve scrambled many a commandment, upended many a statue, but I’ve never been a kept woman! You can lay to that, Long John Silver!” —Tallulah Bankhead A woman in my workshop Once told me that the way in which Read more…
Pattern Recognition 2 by Heikki Huotari We might have called it optimal and coming off the injured list we might have felt that we were flying. What if we inhaled tautology and exhaledcontradiction, waited till the master plan was finalized and then found fault? There is a time Read more…
“in case of emergency” by Patrycja Humienik i. if/when glass enters the bloodstream try not to panic you can cry you candrink detox tea phone a friend take the call in the tub go to urgent care it isgenerally not recommended you rage re: current systems of care/lack thereof if Read more…
“Yeah, Sure” by Bryce Berkowitz I thought about ending it, and shame followed that—I’d like to say age helped, but that would be a disservice to the rust-hued maple, rain tapping the yard. It took so many years; and boy they came: red apples, small griefs.A pumpkin’s shadow Read more…
PUSHCART NOMINATIONS Fiction “Pictures of the Dead,” by Kelly Kathleen Ferguson (Issue 24.1, Spring 2017) “The New Air Has Come Breathing” by Jon Chaiim McConnell (Issue 24.2 Fall 2017) Poetry “Learning to Leave a Bad Thing Alone,” by Stevie Edwards (Issue 24.1, Spring 2017) “Apparition” by Jessica Lynn Suchon Read more…
WHAT: Yemassee Eclipse Salon X WGST @USC WHERE: 3327 Prentice Ave., Columbia, S.C. 29205 WHEN: Monday, August 21, 2017 (Day of the Total Solar Eclipse) WHO: DéLana R. A. Dameron (featured reader) X Blue,Girl X USC MFA poets Y: What are the five writers (any genre) that make up your canon? Read more…